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Former Maryland teammates Graham Zusi and Omar Gonzalez, who will be in Baltimore on Saturday playing in the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals, had plenty of important developmental years en route to the U.S. men’s national soccer team. One may stand out the most. In 2008, Zusi and Gonzalez were key components on the Terps’ national championship team. Zusi, a senior midfielder and four-year varsity player, saved his best college soccer for last with the game-winning goals in the tournament’s semifinal and championship games. Gonzalez, a junior, who, at 6 feet 5, emerged as the team’s dominating central defender and went on to earn first-team All-America honors. ...

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